Our favorite "forgotten tech"—from BeOS to Zip Drives

Don't want these emails? Unsubscribe here. Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Top stories: Aug 17 - Aug 24 Features Why passwords have never been weaker—and crackers have never been stronger by Dan Goodin In late 2010, Sean Brooks received three e-mails over a span of 30 hours warning that his accounts on LinkedIn, Battle.net, and other popular websites were at risk. He was tempted to dismiss them as hoaxes—until he noticed they included specifics that weren't typical of mass-produced phishing scams. The e-mails said that his login credentials for various Gawker websites had been exposed by hackers who rooted the sites' servers, then bragged about it online; if Brooks used the same e-mail and password for other accounts, they would be compromised too. Read More Features Our favorite "forgotten tech"—from BeOS to Zip Drives by Ars Staff We all know about the gadgets that get showered with constant praise—the icons, the segment leaders, and the game changers. Tech history will never forget the Altair 8800, the Walkman, the BlackBerry, and the iPhone. Read More Opposable Thumbs Nintendo Power's last issue coming in December (update: Nintendo confirms) by Kyle Orland FURTHER UPDATE (8/22/12): Nintendo has confirmed the news of Nintendo Power's closing, which we first reported yesterday, saying that the magazine will cease publishing at the end of the year. "Nintendo can confirm that Future US will end the production of Nintendo Power magazine with the last issue slated for December 2012," the company said in a statement, directing users to a customer service page for subscription inquiries. Read More Forward this message to a friend More hot stories Why Bitcoin lives in a "legal gray area" Syracuse makes real lava in parking lot for kicks (and science) Samsung didn't copy iPhone design, court in South Korea rules 10 things we'd like to see Tim Cook do in his next year at Apple The dark side of light: negative frequency photons A worthy Ultrabook appears: the ThinkPad X1 Carbon reviewed Inside the second: Gaming performance with today's CPUs New BIOS guidelines aim to keep malware out of computer's nether regions Startups, would you couchsurf Kansas City just to get Google Fiber? Cloud startup aims to make "dumb" cell phones smart Email Admin Center This newsletter is a service of Ars Technica. Should you no longer wish to receive these messages, unsubscribe. To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images to load in future mailings, please add civis@arstechnica.com to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. You are receiving this email at narrongs.hotmobile@blogger.com. Condé Nast Digital 1166 Avenue of the Americas, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10036, attn: Ars Technica Email Coordinator To view our Privacy Policy click here.